Organizational research in the field of Green IT: A systematic literature review from 2007 to 2016

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1191-1249

  Asadi, Shahla ^a   Hussin, Ab Razak Che ^a   Dahlan, Halina Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Green; Green IS; Green IT; ICT; Information systems; Information technology; Sustainability; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUSINESS PRACTITIONERS; BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN; GREEN IS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

GREEN COMPUTING;

EID: 85020480254     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2017.05.009     Document Type: Review

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